Category Archives: Liquid and Soft Diet Recipes

As followers of my blog realise, I struggle mightily each late August through September with ragweed allergies. It’s been so since my middle child turned one year old in 1994. Oddly, of the three children, he is the only one who also suffers badly from same allergy. I’ve discovered this year that our home raised grassfinished beef broth either drank alone or with finely chopped onions and a pinch of powdered garlic really hits the spot.

Cook a roast or stew meat or thick cut steak in water just deep enough to just covering the meat, then remove the meat and any bones with a strainer spoon. My go-to is this Nesco Roast Air Oven. I don’t know if these are even made anymore, and i didn’t like the noisy fan and motor. However, i simply covered the attachment hole in the lid with tape. Paid $2 for this handy kitchen item at a church bazaar some 10-12 years ago. Handy, handy, handy. You can buy new ones in this 6 quart size and others from Nesco without the attachable motor.

Pour the liquid into a pot or jar to cool. I like using these quart sized freezer jars since i can pour it in piping hot instead of waiting for liquid to cool. Plus the slim design allows for not taking up much space on the counter whilst cooling and later into the frig.Whilst cooling, the saturated fat will rise to the top and eventually harden. I put mine in the frig once the liquid has come to room temperature. Once cooled, transfer to a plastic container to freezer or top with the screw lid and stick these jars in the freezer. Great to thaw and make broth this winter, cook potatoes or pasta in this, or thicken for brown gravy.Scrape the hardened fat from the top of the cooled beef liquid. i place mine in a storage container and stick in the freezer or frig. Use in place of butter or oil for extra flavour. Or feed it to the chooks and your pets. Just please don’t throw it away.

Well, buggers, both my husband and son are sick with the croupy head and coughing junk. Dallas has had it for nearly 10 days, my husband got hit yesterday, but woke up with it already down in his lungs – he sounds bad. If he feels bad in the morning, he’s gonna go ahead and make a doctor appointment.

Since we are nearly out of beef in the freezer and completely out of bones, I stole the big bones that were intended for the dog that i had the butcher cut from our own grass finished cow to make broth! (thankfully, i was able to get a cow booked in to the butcher on the 6th of February).

The bones are kind of big, but thankfully, they still fit in the pot. I pack the bones in the pot and fill to 2 inches to the top of the pot. Bring to a boil, but watch it or it will boil over and make a mess, then turn it down and let slow boil for 3-4 hours.

With tongs, carefully lift out all the bones. I then set the entire pot outside to cool so the saturated fat will float to the top and solidify. Yes, a little fat is good, but these bones will make a lot of fat, it’s really overwhelming in our opinion. Once solidified, i remove it from the top and put into a tub with lid for later use.

Warm the remaining liquid. Now, you can just eat it this way for clear broth – maybe add some salt or pepper OR what i did tonight, was to the 1 gallon of broth is one large onion chopped and sauteed in some of the beef fat, 1/2 cup dried parsley, 1/4 cup dried sage, 2 tablespoons celery salt, and about 3 cups of sliced carrots. Slow boil until carrots are softened to however you like them, maybe 20-30 minutes. Ready to serve.

Keep well!

tauna

King’s Processing does a fabulous job of getting all the bits of beef off the bones, so the meat yield is quite high. However, you can see there are some bits on this that may be available after it’s cooked.Yup, after cooking and the meat is softened, i was able to pick up about 1 cup of beef bits. Always let those bones cool off completely before handling; they are hot and hold heat for a very long time.Use a couple tablespoons or so of the hardened beef fat to saute chopped onions that will be added back to the broth once softened.

Heat milk to 160 degrees (about steaming)over medium heat. Add one cup hot milk to egg yolks, then blend into the remaining milk. Remain vigilant and/or whisk often to keep it from sticking and burning to the bottom of the pot. Add sugar (or honey) and spices, then reheat. This is great warm or cold.

As always, use organic, fresh, local whenever possible.

Jerry really likes this and it’s packed with calories and fat, which is important for him right now. He warms up a cup of eggnog if he has trouble falling asleep or for brekkie in the morning with his softened cereal.

Cut the tips off the asparagus (i cut them about 2 inches long) and set aside. Combine the rest of the asparagus (i cut the stalks into 3 inch lengths so they’d fit in my 3 quart pot more easily) into the chicken stock along with the quartered onion. Heat to just boiling, turn down heat then cover and simmer about an hour. Add the milk, heat through, then strain soup through a cheese cloth after removing vegetables with a slotted spoon. Add some salt if you like. I never add pepper for this purpose of healing from hernia operation because it’s imperative that he not have any indigestion.

Use organic, local, and dairy products from grassfed cows if possible.

Heat broth and salt to boiling. Mix cold water and tapioca flour; stir gradually into broth. Boil and stir 1 minutes. Slowly pour eggs into broth stirring constantly with fork, to form shreds of egg. Remove from heat; stir slowly once or twice.

You can also make this without thickening it with the tapioca flour or cornstarch if it needs to be absolutely thin liquid.

For best medicine, you need to find a local farmer from whom you can purchase healthy pasture raised spent hens or broilers. You may have to butcher them yourself. Cook them down bones and all, pull off the meat bits, then throw the bones and cartilage back into the water and simmer another hour or so. The goal is to get as much of the chondroitan out of the cartilage and minerals out of the bones and into your broth. Once done, strain out the bones and let the broth cool. Chicken fat is quite soft, so if you want to skim it off, you’ll eventually have to put it in the frig or other cool spot so that it will harden on the top of the broth so that you can remove it with a slotted spoon.

Buying chicken broth in the store is NOT the same product as what you are making here.

As always, find certified organic or organically raised ingredients.

This was a big hit with my father-in-law who is recovering from hernia surgery, is very weak, and really doesn’t have an appetite.

However, it’s quite good even if you aren’t sick or in recovery.

Cheers

tauna

*my friend Francoirse raises cassava in DRC!

Find a local producer near you using a handy website search, here are a few:

A friend from Manitoba, Canada posted a link on facebook to a recipe that gave me the idea of combining two of my father-in-law’s favourite foods; bananas and milk, and so i tried. He LOVED it!

2 cups of milk

1 banana (unmashed)

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Bring the milk and banana to just past warm – don’t really want it to boil or it gets a funny sour taste. Some don’t mind that though. Put a lid on the pot and let it heat through and simmer 10-15 minutes. Remove the banana or pour through a sieve or cheesecloth into heat proof jar like a canning jar. Add the cinnamon powder, but don’t shake a jar with hot liquid, it’ll spew out from under the cap. Stir the cinnamon in when you are ready to enjoy.

Remember, i use canning jars with screw on one-piece lids to make the transport of broth, soups, and drinks easier.

This is another of the liquid diet recipes for helping my father-in-law heal from surgery, so use all organic ingredients (even if the banana comes from Colombia) including raw milk from your neighbour’s grassfed dairy.